Wire-board cleaner for drawing and spinning machines.



W. A. NICHOLS & T. P. HIMES. WIRE BOARD CLEANER FOR DRAWING AND SPINNING MACHINES.

' APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9, 1905.

922,806. I Patented May 25, 1909.

. for this purpose.

Our improved device has been particularly constructed to obviate all ofthe above difiiculties, the same being ada ted to clean and wipe the whole width of t e wire board and also reach out and Wipe that portion of the frame between the standards. The bristles are all housed in so that they cannot reach out, engage and break down the ends. A simple and effective guide is also rovided whereby it is ractically impossib e for said cleaner while eing passed rapidly beneath said arn1s to get out of its proper path, and the waste and flyings are engaged, rolled up, collected and retained beneath the casing, thus effectually preventing the same from getting out and becoming entangled with the rapidly running yarns.

This device is extremely simple and inexpensive in construction, effective in its operation, and by its use an unskilled workman may quickly clean a wire board without breaking down the ends of the yarn.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

.1. A wire board cleaner, comprising a body portion'a brush attached to said bodyfor engaging and collecting the waste, and a casing ovensaidicollecting brush to prevent its engagement-with the yarn, said casing also forming a receptaclefl'or retaining the collected waste. v

2. A Wire board cleaner, comprising a body, a brush attached to said body for engaging and'collecting the waste, a casing over said collecting brush to prevent its engagement and means for guiding said body to control i its path of movement.

3. A wire board cleaner comprising a port? able body, a brush extending outward/from the end of said body for engaging and collect ing the waste, and a casing over said brush to prevent engagement with the/ y rn, said casing also forming a receptacle for retaining the collected waste and a guide for controlling the path of movement of said cleaner.

4. In a wire board cleaner, a body portion, a brush attached to the end thereof, a casing over said brush to protect the yarn and retain the collected waste, said casing" being also adapted to extend around and engage the od s of thewire board to form a guide for controlling the path of movement of said cleanerl 5. .lna wire board cleaner, a bod3 portion, a brush attached to the end thereof, a casing over said brush to protect the yarn and retain the collected waste, flexible waste collecting means also attached to said body and ,lida'ptcd to extcnd over the roller beam, and

a guide lpr controlling the path of more ment of. said cleaner.

In testimony whereof we allix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

\VM. A. NICHOLS.

' THOMAS P. IIIMES. Vl itnesses J. C. F. \Vnnnioox, A. ATLARD, HOWARD E. BARLOW, E, I. OGDEN. 

